Please Help Potassium sulfate has a solubility of 15g/100g water at 40 Celsius. A solution is prepared by adding 39.0g of potass

Answer:

The enthalpy of the second intermediate equation is altered by halving its value and changing the sign.

Explanation:

Let's examine both the first and second intermediate reactions alongside the overall equation concerning the examined process;

First reaction;

Ca (s) + CO₂ (g) + ½O₂ (g) → CaCO₃ (s) ΔH₁ = -812.8 kJ

Second reaction;

2Ca (s) + O₂ (g) → 2CaO (s) ΔH₂ = -1269 kJ

Thus, the overall reaction becomes;

CaO (s) + CO₂ (g) → CaCO₃ (s) ΔH =?

According to Hess's law, which states that the total heat change in a reaction is equal to the sum of the heat changes for each step, we cannot simply sum the enthalpies for this overall reaction. Instead, we obtain the overall enthalpy by halving the second intermediate reaction's enthalpy and changing its sign before adding, as illustrated below;

Enthalpy of Intermediate reaction 1 + ½(-Enthalpy of Intermediate reaction 2) = Enthalpy of Overall reaction

The answer is - 0.138 M. The buffer pH can be determined using the Henderson equation. Here, acts as a weak acid and serves as its corresponding conjugate base. The weak acid has two protons, while the base contains one. The equation can therefore be expressed in terms of protons transferred. Phosphoric acid can donate protons in three stages; the equation we’ve referenced pertains to the second stage, as the acid then has only two protons available and the base only one. Given the concentration of the acid as 0.10 M, we need to calculate the concentration of the base necessary to form a buffer with a pH of exactly 7.0. Substituting the values into the equation leads us to the solution. Cross-multiplying, we find that [base] = 1.38(0.10), yielding [base] = 0.138. Therefore, the concentration of the base needed for the buffer is 0.138 M.